Tag: spring

  • Remembering Spring Before a Winter’s Heart Cries Nevermore: An Ode to William Wadsworth by Edward Ziegler

    Remembering Spring Before a Winter’s Heart Cries Nevermore: An Ode to William Wadsworth by Edward Ziegler

    The sun will always rise to fallLike a thousand times before,To shine on lamb white meadowsAnd caress the morning shore. And robins will always return to sing,Winging valleys aflame with greenWhen their melody breaks the April mistsAnd rosebuds can be seen. And blossoms will always burst with joy,With a hue…

  • Cherry Blossoms by Holli Terrell-Cavalluzzi

    Cherry Blossoms by Holli Terrell-Cavalluzzi

    Your blooms unravelat spring’s cuspmaking bare trees blush,unraveling somethingpulled too tight in me. An obsession,with their return,I uncoil so faras to run alonggreen Washington lawnsunder your pink umbrellas. Cast your beautyat my feet, like raindrops,of tiny scented handkerchiefsmesmerize the eyeof sunlit sky opento your frolics. I am lost in your…

  • Life After Death by Lynn White

    Life After Death by Lynn White

    Something has startled mewhere I thought I was safest,where I thought I belonged,so I will follow Whitmanin avoiding the still woods I lovedand the fields where I used to walk.I won’t emerge from my hometo meet my friends in the open spaces,or hug them and share a coffee,there are no…